Gabriel C.

Gabriel C.

Senior UI/UX Designer & Front-end Developer

Bucharest, Romania
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About Me

Gabriel is a Senior UI/UX Designer and Front-end Developer with 15+ years of hands-on experience in UI/UX design, rapid prototyping, and front-end development for rich internet applications and mobile devices, practicing user-centered design principles with a focus on user needs and business goals. He has a good understanding of React and its core principles and frameworks in building new, scalable components on different solutions and strong competencies with multiple web frameworks, React-based workflows, libraries, and popular front-end development tools including Redux, Vanilla JS, HTML5, CSS3, Sass, Bootstrap, Material UI, and others. Skilled in web application development and deployment, Gabriel has designed and optimized hundreds of client websites, delivering large-scale business solutions.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior React Developer & UI/UX Designer
2021 - Present (4 years)
Remote
  • Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.

  • Participating in scrums consisting of cross-functional teams, both software and hardware.

  • Ensuring that features are being delivered efficiently and on time.

European Commission
European Commission
UI/UX Designer
2021 - Present (4 years)
Remote
  • Working on the ESF+ website and social innovation database web app, with a strong focus on UI/UX design.

  • Defining strategies and implementation approaches and providing creative solutions to complex problems on the project.

  • Implementing navigation and interface designs, wireframes, and visual designs, handling user testing and acceptance tasks.

Click & Pledge
Click & Pledge
Front-end Developer
2020 - 2020
Bucharest, Romania
  • Translated business needs into functional and appealing interaction solutions for the company platform.

  • Designed and developed intuitive features to enhance UX and user interaction on the platform.

  • Optimized web pages on the platform for maximum speed and scalability, fixing bottlenecks and adopting best practices.

European Council
European Council
Front-end Developer
2016 - 2020 (4 years)
Brussels, Belgium
  • Developed front-end solutions for the EC's website, migrating it to the latest Bootstrap version.

  • Developed solutions for new content and handled front-end integration tasks to improve design and accessibility.

  • Followed WAI-ARIA requirements in testing solutions to improve screen reader and keyboard navigations.

Prestimedia
Prestimedia
UI/UX Visual Designer
2013 - 2016 (3 years)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Created clean and intuitive UX designs and solutions on projects.

  • Led processes to build and deliver MVPs to clients, working with user-centered design techniques on solutions.

  • Ensured quality and strived for pixel-perfect implementations on solutions, fixing UI and localization bugs.

HTML5CSS3JavaScriptUI/UX DesignVisual DesignMVP Design User-centered Design (UCD)
Atisimo SRL
Atisimo SRL
Web Designer
2003 - 2013 (10 years)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Created engaging UX designs and delivered intuitive solutions on web projects for clients.

  • Designed new web pages, handling graphics, wireframes, UX, custom Flash animations, and branding materials.

  • Applied Atisimo's current styling/branding techniques across all web designs.

Portfolio

React.js Developer - Waves Music App
React.js Developer - Waves Music App

Worked on a simple music player library built with React.js to fetch songs from chillhop.com. Implemented the front-end components and handled integration tasks to ensure a seamless UX on the library.

React.js Developer - Netflix Clone
React.js Developer - Netflix Clone

Built a Netflix clone solution with React.js for the codebase, Firebase authentication API, and Stripe API for subscription plans. Worked with Axios to fetch movie lists from themoviedb.org/documentation/api.

React.js Developer - Google Clone
React.js Developer - Google Clone

Designed, developed, and implemented a Google clone solution using Next.js, Google API, and Tailwind CSS. The solution mimics the functionalities of the Google search engine.

Education

1. Complete React Hooks Course 2020: A - Z (Scratch to React)
2. The Modern React Bootcamp (Hooks, Context, Next.js, Router)
3. JavaScript: The Advanced Concepts
4. The Complete JavaScript Course 2020: From Zero to Expert!
1. Complete React Hooks Course 2020: A - Z (Scratch to React) 2. The Modern React Bootcamp (Hooks, Context, Next.js, Router) 3. JavaScript: The Advanced Concepts 4. The Complete JavaScript Course 2020: From Zero to Expert!
Udemy
2019 - 2020 (1 year)
Bachelor's Degree, Orthodox Theology
Bachelor's Degree, Orthodox Theology
University of Bucharest - Romania
1997 - 2001 (4 years)